1936 La Fayette De Luxe Sedan with Trunk [3618]
1936 La Fayette De Luxe [3618] in El habilitado, Movie, 1971
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![1936 La Fayette De Luxe Sedan with Trunk [3618]](/i001442167.jpg)
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◊ 2020-11-02 23:19 |
![[Image: 1930ssedani001531.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/26849/1930ssedani001531.jpg) |
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◊ 2020-11-03 00:47 |
Looks like a relative of the Ford Prefect. I don't think those sedans had rear suicide doors. -- Last edit: 2020-11-03 00:52:04 |
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◊ 2020-11-03 00:59 |
If it's all genuine, I'd go for one of the pre-WW2 versions - Ten Fordor or similar. But I can't find a UK permutation which had rear-hinged rear door, so may not be a Dagenham-build ...... |
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◊ 2020-11-03 07:48 |
36 LaFayette |
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◊ 2020-11-03 09:00 |
I thought for a second it had a white steering wheel on the right, but it rather appears to be a wave breaking. Visual trickery at its finest. |
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◊ 2020-11-03 17:13 |
@Lateef  Interestingly, it does look similar to UK Ford design of similar era. Maybe one of the inspirations? |
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◊ 2020-11-03 22:10 |
They themselves would probably deny it, but yes - the curved beltline styling of the 35/36 Nash and 36 LaFayette appeared on the new Ford and Mopar products for the 1937 model year. It may or may not have been a coincidence... |
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◊ 2020-11-03 22:34 |
Trends in car styling have, for many years, tended to move forward in waves, whether due to espionage, fashion, or the use of common press tooling. That the English Fords of that era were very American in style is correct but exactly where the styling came from must be a question which remains open. |
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◊ 2020-11-03 23:07 |
The Ford Y was replaced, in August 1937, by the 7Y, “the first 8hp car to have been designed and developed in the U.K., rather than in Dearborn”. “The new 8 closely resembled the new 7W 10”. “The 7W 10 subsequently became the Prefect E93A, then the E493A and changed very little in a production run lasting more than 16 years.” Quotes from Dave Turner’s book “Ford Popular and the small sidevalves”. How much input came from Dearborn to the Prefect is open to discussion, but Sir Percival Perry (I wonder if they called him Perry Perry at home) had declared his intention of reducing the links with the parent company. Would Ford stylists in Dagenham have known much about the Lafayette? -- Last edit: 2020-11-03 23:20:50 |
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◊ 2020-11-03 23:37 |
I might add that the body of the 35/36 Nash and 36 LaFayette were in turn heavily inspired by the 1934 Chrysler Airflow, which was one of the most groundbreaking car designs of the 1930s - undoubtedly familiar even to the austere stylists from across the pond. However, as for my beltline argument, I was referring to US Ford or the V8 30 hp as it was called over there - not the 7W/Prefect - which I personally do not find that similar except from this angle while I pretend to ignore its size difference to the adjacent Fiats. The angled grille shell is also somewhat similar. -- Last edit: 2020-11-04 00:18:53 |
